Garment



' March v ,,v 1931. 4 HATCH 1,794,850

7 GARMENT Filed April 26, 1930 v v In venior 0 22 5 13y Hl'sAttomeysPatented Mar. 3,1931

Urrsn STATE-ST NATHAN HATCH, or ALBANY, NEW YORK, AssIGnonfiro H TCH:rArnnTs-coMPAnY,

1 me, or corrons', NEW YORK, A. oonronAr ronor NEW, YORK,

ni 'i' Application filed April 26, 1 930. ;Seria1'No. f447,4 84.

My invention relates'to a sleeping garment such'as described in mypending application Serial No. 357 ,928, and particularly to aconstruction of the foot portions ofsuch gar- 5 ments. I

An object of my invention is to provide aillustrated in the accompanyingdrawing, in

which- 7 Fig. 1 is a rear view ofa sleeping garment of a type to whichmy invention is applicable.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the lower or foot part of the garmentembodying my invention. c 7

Fig.3 is a plan view of the foot of'the garment and a horizontal sectionof the leg,'cer- I tain portions of the seams of the foot being shown asopened and parts of the fabric folded back to show the construction ofthe garment.

Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional view of the foot portion of the garment,taken on line 4-4 of-Fig. 2, and

Fig. 5 is a view, on a reduced scale, of the various pieces of which thefoot, portion of the garment is constructed.

The main or body portion of the garment to which my invention may beapplied may be of any suitable or desired construction. As shown in Fig.1, ity is applied to a combination garment having a body, arms and legs.

In the garment illustrated, the body and leg portions are made of afront fabric 10 and a rear fabric 11 joined at their side edges by andshaped to form the back or heel upper 15 side seams 12 and 13. The frontfabric 10 is ofthe foot. These'two parts when flattened and extended, asshown'in Figs. 2, 3 and'4,

coinc'ide with-and fit the edge of aninner sole piecel6 of a double soleof the garment. The" inner sole'piece 16 is joined to the-uppers-14 and15on their common outer peripheries a' seam 17 that touchesor'intersectsthe seams 12 and 13 at' the'p'oints 18 and 19, thuscompleting the footstructure;- To reinforce the sole and toe portions of the foot; a bottomor outer sole fabric 20 is provided. This outer sole corresponds inoutline with the inner sole part 16'through out rear {and sides of the.foot to the points 21 and 22 at the 'toe. From-these points the fabricof the outer sole is continued forwardly'to form a toe-covering portion23, the'side edges 24 and 25 of this portion curving outwardly in thereverse or mirrorimage' rel'ation'to-the curvature-ofthe seam 17directly back of I the points 21 and 22, so that i when the'part 23 isfolded or doubled back over the if upper'14 on'the line 26, the edges23and 24 'willcoin'cide withflthe corresponding portions of th'eedge orseam 20. A

- The -;rear andisideedge sof the' outer sole F 20 are joined in acommon-seamwith the uppers- 14' and 15'and the inner sole 16 to thepoints 21 and 22, the seam 17 being a threeply seam throughout this part.of the 'periphery of the sole. Forwardly of thepoints 21 and T22,howevertheparts14 and'16 are joined on a two-ply seam as indicated at 27in Fig. 4. The outer sole 20 is not oined to the upper 14 at thefrontedge-of the toe, that is,'on the line 26,but is folded over thetwo-ply seam-27 as indicated in Figs. 2, 3 and 4, thus forming areinforcement or double fabric for the forward ortoe covering part ofthe upper 14. The edges 24 and 25 of the outer sole extension 23 arejoined in 'the'seam 17 with the inner sole 16 and upper 14 until theforward edge 28 of the part 23 is reached.

The" forward edge 28 is then stitched to the 2 upper 14 in a transverseseam 29 which may be a straight line seam or a seam of any desiredshape.

With this construction the reinforcement I of the toe is secured with aminimum thickness of seams at the front edge of the toe where such seamsare especially uncomfortable and troublesome to the wearer. The doublingof the fabric over the seam 27 serves to straighten the latter withoutstiffening or thickening it and provides a front edge of pleasingappearance. The toe portion in garments of this type is subjected to themost strenuous and wearing treatment and is thus one of the first partsof the garment to Wear through. The above construction strengthens thispart and increases its wear resisting qualities without greatlyincreasing the cost of the material or the labor of assembly andstitching.

The partsmay be assembled andstitched in any suitable manner. Forexample, the parts 16 and 14 may be stitched on the seam V 27, the edge28 stitched to theupper 14 on at its side edges and atits rear edge tosaid the seam 29, the ports folded and stitched on the seam 17rearwardly. from the'point 21 to point 22. The manner of assembly andthe details of construction may, however,be

varied within the scope of my invention. 7

Having described my invention, what I 1s y a 1. A garment of thetypedescribed which comprises a foot upper, an inner sole piece and an outersole piece joined tosaid upper at their side edges, said inner solepiece being joined to said upper on an inner front seam throughout itsfront portion, and said outer sole piece being extended over saidinnerfront seam and over the toepor'tion of said 7 upper and being joinedthereto, said part of 7 said outer sole portion overlyingsaid toe beingjoined to said upper and sole portions at its side edge.

2. A garment of the type described which comprises a leg portion havinga front piece and a back piece joined at their side edges,

said front piece being extended to form an upper foot piece and saidrear leg piece be ing extended to form a heel piece, an inner sole piecejoined throughout its periphery to theedges of said upper foot and heelpieces,

and an outer sole piece joined to said. inner sole piece and to saidupperfoot piece and said heel piece throughout its periphery except atthe front edge, and being'extended over the seam of -said inner solepiece and said upper foot piece at their front edges and extended overthe toe portion of said upper foot piece, said extension being joinedupper foot piece.

In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name.

. NATHAN HATCH.

claim and desire tosecure by Letters Patent

